Approximately 20.4% of Americans suffer with chronic pain.  Many of these people are over treated with highly addictive opioids or try to ease some of the pain with over-the-counter pain medicine.  In China they were treating pain for thousands of years using acupuncture, cupping, gua-sha, and other traditional therapies.  Today, Americans are finding that acupuncture does work!  It does alleviate both chronic and acute pain, requiring less need for opioids and over-the-counter medicines.

     Acupuncture is not a replacement for western medicine it works in conjunction with western medicine.  In some cases, it may even help western medicine work more effectively.  You may